Towers Armonico Consort Monks - Handelian Pyrotechnics - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Armonico Consort return to album on Signum with a collection of Handel arias, performed by leading counter-tenor William Towers. A noted soloist in both opera and oratorio, the programme is taken from roles which Towers has sung across his career in various productions across the globe. Towers writes InchIt is the life-affirming, live-giving aspect of Handel that I'm aiming to celebrate. So frequently his operas reveal their most devastatingly beautiful and uplifting music when life is at it's darkest. Here the arias shine brightest, here we find Radamisto's 'Ombra cara' and the boundlessly optimistic 'Dopo l'orrore', looking out beyond the darkest clouds to the faint glimmer of a dawning hope. This is the uncrushable, indomitable spirit that lies in all of us... We just need to take the time to listen.Inch Album Tracks 1. Xerxes, HWV 40 Ombra Mai FÙ 2. Poro, Re Dell'indie, HWV 28 Se Possono Tanto Due Luci Vezzose 3. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 Al Lampo Dell'armi 4. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 Dall' Ondoso Periglio - Aure, Deh, Per Pietà 5. Rinaldo, HWV 7 Cara Sposa 6. Orlando, HWV 31 Cielo! Se Tu Il Consenti 7. Rodelinda, Regina De' Longobardi, HWV 19 Dove Sei 8. Radamisto, HWV 12 Qual Nave Smarrita 9. Radamisto, HWV 12 Ombra Cara 10. Agrippina, HWV 6 Tacerò, Purchè Fedele 11. Ottone, Re Di Germania, HWV 15 Dopo L'orrore 12.